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Over $3.6 million has been awarded to counties and cities across Michigan to fight blight, by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority.Several of those counties are here in Southwest Michigan; the MSHDA says Thursday that the Calhoun County Land Bank Authority will receive $100,000 to demoli…

We now know more about an explosion that took place at a Kalamazoo workplace last week, leaving one person dead.According to MLive, the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says that their investigation is still ongoing, but that it appears that 45-year-old Christopher Murdock had been putting the …

A bicyclist has died after he was struck by a pickup truck Monday in Portage.WOODTV reports that on Monday around 6:30pm, the 20-year-old Kalamazoo Township man had been travelling along the shoulder on Portage Rd. when he was struck from behind by the truck...

Charges have now been filed against a Detroit man accused of murdering a Wayne State University Police Sargent.The Detroit Free Press reports that in Wayne County Court Thursday, 61-year-old Raymond Durham was charged with first degree murder, murder of a peace officer, possession of a firearm by a …

A man accused of committing two murders in two counties in one night will be in Kalamazoo County Thursday to face charges.Authorities say that on the night of July 20, 32-year-old Zachary Patten of Portage got into an argument at the Americana Estate’s Mobile Home Park in Kalama…

Christopher Lockhart has now been arrested for the fourth time in a month in Kalamazoo County.MLive reports that on Monday, the 47-year-old Lockhart was arraigned on a charge of felony tampering with an electronic device, for allegedly tampering with the alcohol tether on his ankle...

A new memorial has been installed on the grounds of the Richland Village Police Station, to honor a former officer who died in the line of duty last year.WWMT reports that on Thursday, a plaque and flagpole were dedicated to Wayne State University Police Sgt...

A 7-year-old Texas Township boy is dead after he was struck by a vehicle Tuesday afternoon.MLive reports that the accident took place around 3pm Tuesday on South 12th St near an elementary school in Portage. It appears that the boy had been taking part in a summer camp provided by the Portage Public…

A vote to create a new non-profit in Kalamazoo has been delayed after significant public skepticism.MLive reports that the Kalamazoo City Commission held a meeting Monday night with the public to discuss how exactly the Foundation for Excellence should be formed...

Kalamazoo Authorities continue to look for their suspect in a shooting that left one man dead early Saturday morning.The Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety says that the incident happened in the 800 block of Oakland Dr. around 2:15am Saturday, where police arrived to find a 21-year-old man with a…